Security operations brings security and operations teams together to help break down silos and improve security. Healthcare lags behind other industries in SecOps: Only 14 percent of healthcare organizations have strong in-house SecOps teams. Here’s what healthcare organizations should know about SecOps, and how they can adopt the model.
1. How Can a Mature SecOps Approach Aid Healthcare Organizations?
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HIMSS 2023 was a wonderful opportunity to connect with the healthcare IT community. Each day of the conference brought together interoperability professionals, as well as existing Iguana users, who stopped by our booth to discuss all things integration. This year’s theme revolved around “Connect Any System”, highlighting Iguana’s versatility in exchanging data between any healthcare system...
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The final day of the 2023 HIMSS Global Conference and Exhibition in Chicago closed with a keynote discussion featuring Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
Hamlin spoke about his recovery and outlook after his sudden collapse due to a cardiac event during a Monday Night Football match in January against the Cincinnati Bengals. When asked whether his approach to improving on...
Documentation burden is a major source of burnout for clinicians. However, artificial intelligence tools such as natural language processing can transcribe appointment conversations using ambient listening and document the appointment in the electronic health record. Sensors and other types of automation can increase clinical efficiency and ease burnout.
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From bedside medical equipment to clinicians’ mobile devices, healthcare organizations have a complex ecosystem that can expand and contract as needs and teams change.
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The nursing shortage worsened during the pandemic as burnout drove many nurses out of healthcare. The nurses remaining in the industry are often dealing with documentation burden and tasks that take them away from patients. A chief nursing informatics officer advocates for nurses and amplifies their voices in health IT decision-making. ChristianaCare CNIO Katherine Collard explains how she involves...
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization urged countries to prioritize supporting and expanding their healthcare workforce in the face of serious shortages.
In the U.S., recent research from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing found that about 100,000 registered nurses left the workforce over the past two years amid the COVID-19 pandemic due to retirements, stress and...
Consumerization is a buzzword in the health IT space today as companies such as CVS and Amazon alter consumer expectations around how they want to engage with healthcare. With an influx of digital solutions, healthcare organizations must be intentional about the technologies they adopt as part of their digital transformation strategies. The successful implementation of digital health tools and...
Healthcare leaders are looking to make significant investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to better support their workforce and enhance care delivery.
That’s according to Philips’s Future Health Index 2023 for the U.S., which reports that 35 percent of healthcare respondents say they’re now investing in AI for integrating diagnostics, up from 17 percent last year.
With generative AI...
It’s becoming easier than ever for malicious actors to launch cyberattacks, and healthcare organizations are no longer considered off limits as targets. However, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has resources to help healthcare organizations strengthen their security posture, no matter their size. CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan shares cybersecurity best practices, explains the importance of zero trust and...
